Excelsior College
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| Motto | Ever Upward |
| Established | 1971 |
| Type | Private, Non-profit |
| President | Dr. John F. Ebersole |
| Provost | Dr. Mary Beth Hanner |
| Students | 31,683 |
| Undergraduates | 30,254 |
| Postgraduates | 1,145 |
| Location | Albany, New York, USA  |
| Campus | Online |
| Former names | Regents College |
| Philosophy | What you know is more important than where or how you learned it. |
| Colors | Purple, Gold |
| Website | www.excelsior.edu |
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Excelsior College is a private, non-profit[1] institution of higher education in Albany, New York. It is a constituent member of The University of the State of New York, and has its own charter and Board of Trustees. Excelsior College offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level. The college comprises four schools: the School of Business and Technology, the School of Health Sciences, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Nursing.
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[edit] History
Excelsior College was founded in 1971 by the New York State Board of Regents as its external degree program, known as The Regents External Degree Program. The initial development of the program was funded by major grants from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. From 1971 until 1998, Regents College operated as a program of the Board of Regents (which also served as its board of trustees) and under the authority of The University of the State of New York by which degrees and diplomas were awarded during that period. In April 1998, the Board of Regents granted the College an absolute charter to operate as a private, nonprofit, independent institution. On January 1, 2001, Regents College changed its name to Excelsior College. (Excelsior is Latin for "ever upward," and is the motto of New York State.) Today, Excelsior College has more than 30,000 students enrolled in a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
[edit] Accreditation
Excelsior College is regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Its nursing programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The School of Nursing has twice been designated a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing. Its baccalaureate degree programs in electronics engineering technology and nuclear engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.The bachelor's degree programs in accounting (NYS CPA Track) and business are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program has been accepted into full membership by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP).
[edit] Academics
Excelsior College is well-known for its flexible, non-resident degree programs.[2][3][4]
Sources of college credit that can be used towards an Excelsior College degree program include Excelsior College distance learning courses, courses from other regionally-accredited institutions, college-level subject-matter examinations (including CLEP exams, and DSST/DANTES exams), non-collegiate training (including corporate, governmental, and military training) that has been evaluated for college-level credit by the American Council on Education (ACE), and assessments of prior learning portfolios. Students enrolled as of September 1, 2010, can also earn credit if they take a GRE subject exam. Students who enroll after that date will not be eligible. Unlike most colleges, Excelsior College sets no limitations on the amount of allowable transfer credit.
Excelsior College also offers Excelsior College Examinations (ECE) which are comparable to CLEP and DSST exams and are accepted as a source of credits by many (but not all) colleges in the United States.
Excelsior College is a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. SOC institutions are dedicated to helping Servicemembers and their families earn college degrees. Military students can take courses in their off-duty hours at or near military installations in the United States, overseas, and on Navy ships.[5] Additionally, Excelsior College has repeatedly been nominated as a top military-friendly school by multiple organizations.[6][7]
Excelsior College is one of several regionally accredited colleges operating on a model similar to Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, and Charter Oak State College in Connecticut referred to in distance learning circles as The Big Three.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Business
- Daniel S. Lucky '94, President, Abrams College; CEO, Abrams Health Care, Inc.; Captain, California State Military Reserve; First US Police Nurse, Ceres Police Department
- Anthony Munroe, CEO of The Munroe Management Group, LLC
- Edward H. Rensi '82, co-owner of Team Rensi Motorsports
- Charles S. Dedrick, Ed. D. '81, District Superintendent and CEO of Capital Region BOCES, Albany, New York
[edit] Military
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) Kenneth V. Lahr, '95, Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator
- Chief Warrant Officer Diego R. Munoz, '98, Human Resources Officer
- Chief Warrant Officer (Retired) Lawrence K. Rice Jr., Special Agent U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division U.S. Army Military Police Corps Regimental Hall of Fame inductee, and Army Intelligence Hall of Fame inductee
- Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Aycock '82, U.S. Army Special Forces Regimental Hall of Fame inductee, U.S. Army Office Candidate School Hall of Fame inductee
- Charles (Skip) W. Bowen, 10th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, 2006-2010
- Joe R. Campa Jr., 11th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, 2006–2008
- Colonel Russell Chazell '90, National Chief of Staff of the Civil Air Patrol
- Sergeant Major Gary W. Coleman Jr., Command Sergeant Major of the Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss
- Brigadier General James H. Doty '90, Commander of 420th Engineer Brigade
- Francis T. Jennings Jr., Reserve Command Master Chief of the Ninth Coast Guard District
- Richard Russell '78, former Command Chief Master Sergeant of the Sixth Air Force, Nebraska Aviation Hall of Fame inductee
- Sergeant Major Ronald W. Semerena '07, Command Sergeant Major of Fort Polk
- Colonel Kirk E. VanPelt '08, Commander of 39th Infantry Brigade
- Major General Joseph J. Taluto, retired Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
- Major General Thomas D. Kinley, retired commander of the 42nd Infantry Division
- Lieutenant Frank T. Rupnik III '02, United States Navy Chaplain
- Major General Deborah A. Ashenhurst '94, Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard
- Chief Petty Officer Brendan Rogers, US Coast Guard Reserve
- Lieutenant Ronold Harold Wahl II, '09, United States Army Transportation Corps and Honorable Order of Saint Christopher awardee
[edit] Government
- Mark O. Lambert '89, Iowa Administrative Law Judge, former commissioner, Iowa Utilities Board
- Anthony J. O'Donnell '85, Maryland politician
[edit] Science and Technology
- John R. Wetsch '84, one of Computerworld Magazine's 2009 "Premier IT Leaders", Kentucky Colonel
- John M. Tutton '98, noted computer scientist
[edit] Academia
- Richard D. Adams, CPA '87, MACC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill '90; Assistant Professor of Accounting (retired) University of Baltimore
- Daniel J. Fuller '01, Assistant Professor of Automotive Technology, Program Coordinator GMASEP at Gateway Community College
- Robert B. Galin '08, Assistant Professor of English and Communication at the University of New Mexico-Gallup
- Eric Harter '92, Dean of the Graduate School at Sullivan University
- Reed Markham '82, Associate Professor of Communication at Daytona State College
- Donald R. Murphy '90, Clinical Assistant Professor, Brown University Alpert Medical School. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Research, New York Chiropractic College.
- Elizabeth Monti-Seibert '89, Director of Doctoral Education, Department of Nurse Anesthesia at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Warren Moore '87, Associate Professor of English at Newberry College
[edit] Arts, Sports, and Entertainment
- Alfred M. Albers '92, author
- Steven Cowell '90, Aviation Safety Consultant; local and national media aviation expert
- Erik Feldmanis '86, author
- Kenton J. Falerios '00, military author
- June Jones, Head Football Coach, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
- James Terrence Karney, award-winning photographer, photojournalist, and author
- Anthony Saladino '03, noted filmmaker
- Afaa Michael Weaver '86, award-winning poet
- Susan Jeske '98, Ms. America '97
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "National Center for Education Statistics: Excelsior College". http://www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Excelsior&s=all&id=196680. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ US News and World Report: Education: Best Colleges: Excelsior College, accessed 26 February 2010.
- ^ National Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction: College and University Profiles: Excelsior College, accessed 26 February 2010.
- ^ Excelsior College: EC Tops Two US News & World Report Lists, accessed 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges: Home". http://www.soc.aascu.org/. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "2nd Annual Top Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities". http://www.military-advanced-education.com/mae-archives/61-mae-2008-volume-3-issue-6/376-2nd-annual-top-military-friendly-colleges-and-universities.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "Top Military Friendly School: Excelsior". https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/About/News_and_Announcements/Top_Military_Friendly_School_Excelsior. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
